Building on the butterfly garden network established across Link’s properties over the past five years, the programme will continue to maintain 10 existing butterfly gardens, enhancing biodiversity while strengthening their role as community education platforms. Through training elderly volunteers and organising roving workshops, the programme promotes ecological conservation and raises awareness of the importance of butterflies and related plant species to urban ecosystems. In collaboration with a local university, the project will also study how butterfly gardens contribute to residents’ sense of well-being.
Since the project launch in 2020, the number of butterfly species recorded at the butterfly gardens in Link's shopping centres has increased from just over 10 to more than 60. Please click here to learn more about the butterfly species found at each butterfly garden.
(Photo provided by Sharon While)
(Photo provided by Hydrogen Poon)
(Photo provided by Hui Yau Tat)
(Photo provided by Hydrogen Poon)
To further engage the community, it will collaborate with charitable organisations and schools to broaden its outreach and host various activities, such as volunteering training, touring workshops and guided tours. Its long-term goal is to promote sustainable development and enhance social well-being by connecting nature and humanity through the butterfly garden network.